Subj : Re: Safety Gear
To   : esc
From : Gamgee
Date : Mon Mar 27 2023 20:56:00

-=> esc wrote to Gamgee <=-

 Ga> You're making a lot of assumptions here, and they're all wrong.  "By
 Ga> the time it reaches the ground..." depends on how high up it was dropped
 Ga> from.  Also, no matter how high up it was dropped from, it will be
 Ga> traveling at nowhere *NEAR* the velocity of a bullet.  Not even close.

 es> Interestingly, if you were miles up in the air and fired a bullet
 es> directly at the ground, in spite of gravitational pull, the
 es> bullet would slow due to the friction of the air.

Yes, indeed it would.  Great example!



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